Boston-area bars are bringing out the Christmas trees, menorahs and hot toddies for the holidays.
Here’s where to find a festive, boozy spot to escape the cold.
Boston
The Revere Hotel downtown hosts Festive Fridays throughout December, with holiday-themed cocktails and a DJ 7pm-10pm.
Every week has a new theme, including a holiday cocktail class on Dec. 15 and a spiked hot chocolate bar Dec. 22.
Liberty Hotel’s lobby bar near the Charles/MGH station is decked out with holiday trees hanging upside down from the ceiling.
Drink of choice: Liberty sangria with berry and citrus-infused red and white wine ($21).
Santa’s Cantina at Loco Fenway includes a holiday cocktail menu in December, as well as a holiday prix fix lunch menu every Wednesday through Friday between now and Dec. 29.
They’re open seven days a week starting at 5pm, except for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Drink of choice: Ho ho hot buttered rum ($17). Includes rum, spiced honey butter, vanilla and passionfruit.
Sonsie in Back Bay hangs garland, wreaths and sparkling lights around the restaurant for the holidays.
Drink of choice: Hot chocolate with two types of chocolate, house-made whipped cream and chocolate chips. Shot of vanilla vodka's optional.
Snowport, the Seaport’s holiday market, has four holiday-themed bars, including “Jingle Bar” and “The Drizzy Dreidel.”
Drink of choice: Mulled cider.
The Bowery in Dorchester brought back its decked-out yurts for the winter.
The yurts seat up to eight people for two-hour reservations.
Drink of choice: “Build me up buttercup” ($14). Includes brown butter-infused bourbon, winter spiced syrup, orange bitters and torched cinnamon.
Cost: $100-$200 to reserve, excluding the food and beverage minimums.
Pro tip: When booking, select a party size of “1” per yurt reserved.
The Lodge at Publico kicks off Dec. 8, with some ski lodge vibes and wintry cocktails.
The Lodge will be open Thursdays through Saturdays from 4pm to midnight or later.
Drink of choice: "Catch me if you can" ($15) with Tito's vodka, Irish cream, coffee liqueur and gingerbread.
Cambridge
Miracle Pop-up Bar at the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel includes a 6-foot-tall Santa and festive cocktails.
Noir's Maccabee Bar, the Boston area’s first Hanukkah pop-up bar, is running out of the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square this year.
The pop-up runs Monday through Saturday starting at 4pm until at least midnight. It’s closed Sundays except on Dec. 10 for Hanukkah.
Drink of choice: The “latka sour” ($16) with apple brandy, potato, lemon, egg white, havana and hyde bitters. There’s also a non-alcoholic version, “potato potato” ($8).
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